MARE-WINT: New Materials and Reliability in Offshore Wind Turbine Technology

This book provides a holistic, interdisciplinary overview of offshore wind energy, and is a must-read for advanced researchers. Topics, from the design and analysis of future turbines, to the decommissioning of wind farms, are covered. The scope of the work ranges from analytical, numerical and experimental advancements in structural and fluid mechanics, to novel developments in risk, safety & reliability engineering for offshore wind.  The core objective of the current work is to make offshore wind energy more competitive, by improving the reliability, and operations and maintenance (O&M) strategies of wind turbines. The research was carried out under the auspices of the EU-funded project, MARE-WINT. The work seeks to bridge the gap between research and a rapidly-evolving industry. .

Part I Wind Turbine Blades -- Part II Enabling Technologies for Drivetrain and Gearbox Analysis -- Part III Tower and Support Structure -- Part IV Reliability and Preventive Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbines -- Part V CFD Analysis of a Complete Offshore Wind Turbine -- Part VI Offshore Wind Farm Design -- Part VII Offshore Wind Decommissioning.